A reverse image search on Google did not turn up the artists name, but somehow Steve pulled some magic out of his hat, or did some arcane work, and FOUND this piece of art in a 1938 Aviation Week magazine, which IS ONLINE and that's a lot of amazing... not only can we flip through a 1938 magazine, online, it's got this piece of art. Still no artist to credit, but WOW
https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/permalink/10157257281169556/
https://archive.org/details/Aviation_Week_1938-12-01/page/n19
Thanks Steve!
The plane and the art style really remind me of 40's flip-books or B&W comic book stuff. I can't remember any of the names but I think there were a number of comic book, flip-book, and or small format "action hero" books in the late 40's through the mid-50's that had a similar illustrations.
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